Railway-tie and rail-fastener.



\ P. sEMANclK.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

` APPLICATiON FILEI-J 0CT.13. 1917. I 1,250,366. Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

anon s rinunfsnivrnividri; for MAYNRD, 01110.

nArtvvnY-*T-AND RAIL-FASTENER.

SpecificationV of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 18, 1917,

Application filed October-13, 1917. Serial No. 196,394.

To alllwwm t may concern:I p

Be it known that I, PAU;JA SnMANcng, subject of the King of Hungary, residing lat Maynard, in the county. of` Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in yltailway-'lies and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following isa specification. f I

"lhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railway ties andrail fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of av strong' and efficientl tie adapted for the locking.reception` of railway rails in their operative positions thereon without the employment of any boltsuscrews or other similar hold-fast devlces which are now in common use.

A 'further object of the invention is the provision of a metallic railway tie formedin twoidentical parts permitting the devlce to be cheaply manufactured yfor commercial use,jthe.arrangement bein such that the device may .be .readily assem led supporting relations beneath-the rails of a railroad line and dthen securely lockedy upon the rails against accidental .displacement although readily releasable by railroad employees..

v A4 still further object of the invention is the provision of a two-part tie having complementally arranged portions readlly receiving the rails of a track and accurately positioning the same accordin to the desired gage of the road', the tie eing` readily disengagedand removed from therails as well as attached thereto at will and affording broadabutments for the rails as well as having a disengageable attachment with the railsiprior tothefinal locking operation of the device. e n

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and then claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like'designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an assembled tie of my construction with parts broken away and with railway rails operatively mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tie with the sections thereof slightly separated.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the tie sections and Y Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the locking wedge employed with the device. 1

It being understood that .the device is adapted for operatively positioning railroad rails upon the road bed, the device is herein illustrated in connection with rails 10 positioned in locked arrangement accurately positioned the proper distance apart by means of two identically formed sections 11 and 12,- which constitute in connection with a locking wedge 13, my complete device or tie structure.

The tie sections 11 and 12 being identica in form with relatively wide and narrow. portions or halves 14 and 15 are adapted .to be oppositely positioned with their innersides flatly contacting each other whenthe tie.` is assembled. The narrow end-15 of each tie is provided with a transverse block 16, substantially rhomboidal in cross section projecting above the upper face 17 of the .tie with its inner longitudinal` edge 18 overlying the tie spaced therefrom and adapted i. to overlie the adjacent base flange 19 of one of the rails 10. f

The forming of the tie sections with different sized halves provides a cut-away portion 20 substantially equal to one-quarter of the dimensions of the tie section and providing a shoulder 21 at the inner end of the larger half 14 of the section, adjacent the cut-away portion 20 thereof. The block-.16 projects substantially across the cut-away portion 2O of the carrying sectionv and'is adapted for sliding receptionwithina corre,-

lspondingly formed dove-tail groove 22 in the adjacently positioned enlarged half 14 ofthe companion tie section. An abutment 23 is arranged upon each half 14 of the tie sections traversing the entire width thereof and arranged spaced inwardly o-f the grooves 22, it being understood that the abutments 23 project above the top 11 of the tie substantially the same distance as and bein similar in form to the aforementioned blocs 16.

An inwardly extending pin 24 in the form of a dowel is carried upon the half 15 of each tie section adapted for reception within a receiving socket 25 correspondingly positioned within the inner face of the larger half 14 of the adjacent section. It will be understood that the rails 10 are or 12 engaging the. ottoni flanges .thereofw by means of lthe bloc i{"'16 the J:ib'utinentJ 23 of such section, which ther/eyaaecnrately l positions the rails the proper distance apantgf. Theompanion .tie-i section is then positioned with its block and abutment upon the opposite flanges of tlieraizls'vvhich 'are not engaged by the other section andthe sections" are slidablyinoved toward and-"pinto engagement each: other. The lpins24 y vvill thenbe'"v seated Within'the 'socket 25 and the' l bloc'ki; 1G be arranged Within vthe grooves QQfivitli lthe innervfaces of the@ secti'ons vflatly contacting each other and. with the .shoulders 21 of the sections in snbstantial c'ntaetf Tlie"vvedge 13 is thenv driven ntotaperednotches 26 in the shoulders 21 and this' actionl` moves the tie sections 11 aiidl'lon'gitudinally and in opposite directins'W-heby the bloc'l; 1.6i offeach section islfociblydfaiv tivaiilthe abutment 23 of tlieconipa'nion seotioni'the sections 11 and E forniallbei'ngi' thereby secured in their tie tion and. locked `upon the rails.

'I't vvill be noted that While the block 16 Sil-idlei it vdistanoe Witl'iin the groovesy longiltillliln'allyy 0f the tie, lunder the'.infin?l enc'eofjth wedge i3, Sinn, theengagement' b: e t'vvgffen'thev bloel' and grooves' 22 Vis such sito invent then@ Sect-ions n1 and i2 freniv droppingfiofl ofy therails 1K0 Whentlie' Wedge 13%" is removed; the pins' 24 and sockets 25 preventing. relative vertical stvinging Inovemenf if 'chene sections. f lAlsrvic'eable andi c A" y thatna'y be easilyinaniifactur'ed and as the Seetiens. @beleef beine identical; Only, @he forlnof eetionis necessary and the sections readily"y asseinbled upon the rails r """t'ools'biit" are readil'yflocled in P lihite, feimefli for Lerlnfanent arrangement' upon the road lbed be y vea ej;bestaan-1g;afhangt rng tie' is" provided;t

ininor changes Inay be made therein vvithout departing from Avthe spirit and scope of the invention laifnen #What :lfgelaln as new iS 1- ,1. A railway tie comprising identical sec- `tions*having relatively Wide anduiarrow halves, the Wider halves having'dove-ta'il 'grooves "in their" upper faces, transverse abutments upon said Wider halves adjacent said groovesLtransverse blo'cks'carried by and projecting abovel and inwardly 'of the narrower halves adapted for sliding receptio-n `Within'"said grooves when the' sections are laterally Inovedv into conta'ct ivitli each other `r`vvithv -the said blocks and abntrnents arranged upon the vbase flanges of rails, doWel pin connections betweenv said Asection-s adapted for preventing relative vertical swinging inoveinent therebetween and a locking Wedge for the said sections.

2. In combination with railway rails7 a tie 'associatedtherewith comprising identt. cally formed sections 'having complementally arranged Wide andlnarrovv end portions forming a subl'stantially central squared shoulder uponeach'secti-on lwith a notch in each shoulder, transverse blocks carried by the narrovvend sections substantially rhomboidal-in cross-sectionl and Vllavi'nggj"m1]'oer"(idinner-'edges above :the face of -tlie'secti'on' adapted rfor overlying the-outer baise 'flanges of the Tails, similarly 'shaped 'abutment's upon said Wider" end portions adapted forr overlying the vinner base-flanges 'of the rails yv'h'en operatively arranged; Vthe Wider end Y"portions having dove-"tail grooves1 adapted for the reception of said blocks'vvhen the sections are positioned in contact with each other uponv the rails, dovvel pin connections between said tie sections .outwardly of said blocks and grooves and a lo-clingwedge arranged Within said notches' when the tie is'lo'cked uponthe rails.' f y f In testinionyvvhereof'ai my' signature.

PUL'SEMANCIK;

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